Improving activities of daily living in Danish centenarians - But only in women: A comparative study of two birth cohorts born in 1895 and 1905

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1186-1192

  Engberg, Henriette ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^a   Andersen Ranberg, Karen ^a   Vaupel, James W ^b   Jeune, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Centenarians; Cohort comparisons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 57149099454     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.11.1186     Document Type: Article

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